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  Psychologist James Pennebaker, in ground-breaking research, discovered that expressing what we think and feel about a trauma or a long-held secret has major life-altering benefits. The results with a variety of different populations showed that college kids improved their health, people with autoimmune rheumatoid arthritis had less joint pain, and that people with asthma had improved lung function. And…

When I was writing my Cells book I got the idea to meditate each day on a different chapter, to discover even more deeply what our cells have to teach us.  I started the book with the creation of SANCTUARY and this is where I usually start a class, talk, or workshop - with SANCTUARY.  Yet last night in my meditation planning for…

Hidden in your time of birth are hints at your energetic elemental gifts and challenges. What if upon discovering them you can awaken more of who you are. The above photomicrograph reveals the energy of Autumn, a time of transformation. This image is the expression where the earthy nature of Virgo meets the balancing winds of Libra.       The…

We all need to take time every day to nurture and take care of ourselves, especially now. Self care is not being selfish, it's being wise and proactive.  These are stressful times: Covid pandemic, fires out of control, economy in a downfall.  More than ever we each need strategies to diminish our stress and take good care of ourselves. An…

Sure you know intellectually that your body is built from invisible cells.  Trillions of cells are you. And we pretty much take them for granted that they are always there doing whatever needs to be done to keep us alive.   Yet we are actually in partnership with them - our choices, our thoughts and feelings, our daily activities - all…

 Though we live in a universe of billions of different peoples, individually we each are a universe of trillions of different cells. They all have the same creator yet they look different from each other, have different jobs some requiring advanced skills and some simply essential workers.  Yet in this cellular universe of ours, there is no violence because of…

Befriend the Secrets of Your Cells, they are always with you We all know how important meditating is to our mindbody health, especially now. Scientists have demonstrated unequivocally that a regular daily practice of meditating reduces stress and improves our wellbeing, as does exercise and movement. Yet knowing that, what interferes or stops us from doing what we know is…

Are you feeling afraid of this current viral crisis the world is experiencing? Is it only in your mind?  What's going on in your body? Many years ago, Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist who transformed the field of psychology, became aware that some emotional states were accompanied by corresponding physical reactions, such as a rapid heartbeat or sweaty palms. Since…

If you remember anything about high school biology, you might remember your mitochondria as the parts of your cells that make energy. Well they transform our food into molecules of energy called ATP.   The tissues that need the most energy have the most mitochondria - muscle, heart, brain.  And when we exercise we can increase these energy-producing "organelles" in our…